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  3. 2005
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2005 Ford F-150 Parking Brake Problems

7
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

What owners report

  • parking brake · 8 records
  • brake assembly · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3
30–60k mi2
60–100k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • October 26, 2010 · 68,395 miles

    Parking Brake · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    This has happened 4 different occasions, a sudden shaking of vehicle and 4 th time the vehicle shook all over. At first, thought i was having a tire go down but after pulling off road each time, getting out and checking found nothing and then after a restart everything was ok. After i got home after this last spell i started reading on internet and most comments pointed toward parking brake problem. After thinking…

    ODI 10362999

  • August 19, 2009 · 74,000 miles

    Manual Transmission · Parking Brake

    Driving on road in school zone (25 miles per hour) children playing on sidewalk. Children were jumping on off sidewalk into street. Applied my brakes. Heard clunk in the back of the truck then - no brake. Used emergency brake to stop. Failure occurred as axle broke, apparently loose for long time - not original owner, purchased from dealer. C clamp holding axle in place is dissolved into small pieces causing axel to…

    ODI 10282065

  • April 10, 2009 · 57,000 miles

    Parking Brake

    Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving between 25-50 mph, the vehicle began to vibrate violently. There were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and immediately turned off and restarted the engine. The vehicle resumed normal operation. The failure occurred intermittently during the travel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer…

    ODI 10273532

  • September 21, 2008 · 36,000 miles

    Parking Brake

    After releasing the parking brake, the connection of the cable to brake assembly on the driver side rear wheel failed. When the connection failed it caused all of the internal parts of the parking brake assembly to come loose and bind, thus causing all of the internal parts to become dislodged. Once all the parts became dislodged they started to rattle and bind inside the brake assembly. To correct the failure, the…

    ODI 10243547

  • June 15, 2008 · 29,000 miles

    Parking Brake

    2005 ford f150 left rear emergency brake does not release causing the vehicle to vibrate and creating excessive heat on axle. May be same problem as described in nhtsa item number 10024843. *tr

    ODI 10233308

  • August 5, 2006 · 5,000 miles

    Fuel System, Gasoline · Parking Brake · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    2005 f150 rwd vehicle has been into ford repair 3 times for brakes (parking brake, abs). One occasion the temperature of the lt rear hub was 385 degrees f by inferred thermometer. Another occasion rt rear was too hot to touch after sitting for an hour. This vehicle has aluminum rims that the dealer states show no damage. Also unknown is what this temperature may have caused to the rear bearings, seals and other…

    ODI 10167621

  • September 17, 2005 · 4,100 miles

    Parking Brake

    Purchased my ford f - 150 [xxx]) on august 18, 2005. On september 17th, 2005, was towing a cargo trailer of furniture and other items and went to unload some of the things at the first stop. I set the parking brake on the vehicle since i had backed up a driveway and was parked on an incline. Upon unloading certain items at the first stop, i pulled the release lever on the parking brake and proceeded to the next…

    ODI 10154506

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2005 Ford F-150.

Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.